Stravinsky’s utterly original, exotic Firebird glitters and pulses to fantastic effect — from primitive to luminous, and from the lustrous dance of the Firebird to the Finale, a spectacular, shimmering climax of bold orchestral colors. Matthias Pintscher describes his mar’eh (a Hebrew word that can mean “a vision”) as shaped “in a very song-like fashion … high, fast, filigree.”
Program:
Ravel Alborada del gracioso
Matthias Pintscher mar'eh (New York Premiere)
Stravinsky The Firebird (complete)
